Belgian media identifies two brothers as Brussels airport suicide bombers

The two suicide bombers captured on surveillance camera are brothers, per Belgian media
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Early Wednesday, Belgian state broadcaster RTBF said that police sources had identified the two terrorists who blew themselves up Tuesday morning at the Brussels international airport as brothers Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui. The brothers were reportedly known to the police, and Belgium has issued an international warrant for the third attacker (the one in the white coat and hat), whose bomb apparently did not detonate:

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.